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3D Design

3D design

Do you love to bring your own stories, worlds or characters to life? The 3D Design major prepares you for careers in animation and design across the interactive media, visualisation, film, gaming and education sectors.

The major teaches you how to present complex information in visually compelling ways. You’ll learn 3D-modeling processes, animation post-production and composition using industry-standard software. Through project-based learning, you’ll gain an understanding of approaches to storyboarding, object modelling, character design, rigging, texturing and rendering.

Career opportunities

2D and 3D animator, concept artist, 2D and 3D generalist, visualisation artist, visual effects (VFX) designer, character designer, environment designer, compositor.

Major (8)

For a major in 3D Design, students must successfully complete 8 courses:

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
DES101 Working With Children, Youth and Families
DES105 Ethics, Law and the Helping Professions
DES231 Social Justice, Welfare and the State
DES232 Mental and Physical Health and Wellbeing
DES233 Community Development and Social Action
DES234 Social Work Practice in Various Organisational Settings
DES235 Working with First Nations Peoples and Multicultural Communities
DES236 Disability: Culture, Community and Change

Minor (4)

For a minor in 3D Design, students must successfully complete 4 courses:

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
DES105 Human Services Placement 2
DES231 Context Responsive Social Work Practice
DES232 Communication and Thought
DES233 Accounting Principles